Painted fan with Man Crossing Bridge
Painted fan with Man Crossing Bridge
Painted fan with Man Crossing Bridge
Painted fan with Man Crossing Bridge

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Painted fan with Man Crossing Bridge

Hakuin Ekaku 白隠 慧鶴, 1686–1768
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
2020-385

Information

Title
Painted fan with Man Crossing Bridge
Maker
Hakuin Ekaku 白隠 慧鶴
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 32.7 × 44.7 cm (12 7/8 × 17 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift from the Gitter-Yelen Collection and Museum purchase, Carl Otto von Kienbusch Jr. Memorial Collection Fund
Object Number
2020-385
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Inscription
Inscribed: In June wind costs Three cents for a fan (on the fan) For people passing above through this world How about making a plank bridge with your mind?
Marks/Labels/Seals
Seals: 顧鑑咦 Kokan’i; 白隠 Hakuin; 慧鶴 Ekaku
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
hanging scroll, scroll paintings, calligraphy (writing), paintings
Materials
paper (fiber product), ink
Techniques
painting (image-making)
Subject
bridges (built works), men, fans (costume accessories)

2001–2020 Gitter-Yelen Collection (New Orleans, LA), by gift and sold to the Princeton University art Museum, 2020.

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